Lynn
03-15-2009, 05:32 PM
Hi All,
I'm Lynn. I've been squarefoot organic gardening for many years, small scale because of my small plot.
I'm a big fan of Mel Bartholemew, Rodale, Nancy Bubel, John Jeavons, Elliot Coleman, You Grow Girl, River Cottage and now Garden Girl. We've subscribed to Mother Earth News, Backwoods Home, Countryside, Organic Gardening magazines on and off over the years. I would love to become totally self sufficient.
We've established (6) 4' x 4' raised beds and one 2' x 10' raised bed. This year we are taking down a Wisteria that has started to devour a section of our garden. We didn't know enough about caring for it at first and now it is a monster.
I use containers when I need to. I've been growing my herbs on the deck in large containers. I am planning on the heirloom tomatoes growing upside down this year which will also free up some space. (Prudens Purple and Brandywine)
We have a small pond that's about 5 years old. We always have frogs, toads, goldfish, dragonflies and chipmunks seem to love it. They can do damage though. I grow scarlet runners on a trellis and the hummingbirds love them! Actually the butterflies do too.
Solar energy isn't very practical here but we plan to give it a try in combination with wind power.
We collect lots of rain (4 barrels) and since we use earth friendly laundry soap we 've used grey water to water the garden.
The chickens are supposed to arrive the week of 3/23. I have the brooder made and their feed ready to go! We ordered 10 Barred Rocks for eggs and 10 giant whites for broilers. Hubby is building the coop today.
In the future we hope to have a couple goats, and some rabbits.
I'm Lynn. I've been squarefoot organic gardening for many years, small scale because of my small plot.
I'm a big fan of Mel Bartholemew, Rodale, Nancy Bubel, John Jeavons, Elliot Coleman, You Grow Girl, River Cottage and now Garden Girl. We've subscribed to Mother Earth News, Backwoods Home, Countryside, Organic Gardening magazines on and off over the years. I would love to become totally self sufficient.
We've established (6) 4' x 4' raised beds and one 2' x 10' raised bed. This year we are taking down a Wisteria that has started to devour a section of our garden. We didn't know enough about caring for it at first and now it is a monster.
I use containers when I need to. I've been growing my herbs on the deck in large containers. I am planning on the heirloom tomatoes growing upside down this year which will also free up some space. (Prudens Purple and Brandywine)
We have a small pond that's about 5 years old. We always have frogs, toads, goldfish, dragonflies and chipmunks seem to love it. They can do damage though. I grow scarlet runners on a trellis and the hummingbirds love them! Actually the butterflies do too.
Solar energy isn't very practical here but we plan to give it a try in combination with wind power.
We collect lots of rain (4 barrels) and since we use earth friendly laundry soap we 've used grey water to water the garden.
The chickens are supposed to arrive the week of 3/23. I have the brooder made and their feed ready to go! We ordered 10 Barred Rocks for eggs and 10 giant whites for broilers. Hubby is building the coop today.
In the future we hope to have a couple goats, and some rabbits.